1Cademy - بخش ۳۶ - مقاله هشتم در اشارت به عزلت مشتمل بر عزت که بی «عین » علم زلت است و بی «زای » زهد علت / Section 36 - The Eighth Discourse on Alluding to Seclusion Which Entails Honor, Which Without the Ayn of Knowledge Is Slipping, and Without the Zay of Asceticism Is Ailment

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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۳۶ - مقاله هشتم در اشارت به عزلت مشتمل بر عزت که بی «عین » علم زلت است و بی «زای » زهد علت / Section 36 - The Eighth Discourse on Alluding to Seclusion Which Entails Honor, Which Without the 'Ayn' of Knowledge Is Slipping, and Without the 'Zay' of Asceticism Is Ailment

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ای چو گلت جیب به چنگ خسان
دامن صحبت بکش از ناکسان

گرچه ز آغاز گشادت دهند
عاقبت الامر به بادت دهند

غنچه وش از همنفسان لب ببند
خیره چو گل در رخ هر کس مخند

جلوه مده همچو خور انوار خویش
باش چو سایه پس دیوار خویش

بر کس و ناکس به حریم خمول
قفل کن ابواب خروج و دخول

دیر نشین باش چو عیسی دمان
خانه بپرداز ز نامحرمان

گر بود اندر بن غاریت جای
حلقه مارت شده زنجیر پای

به که به هر حلقه نهی پای خویش
محفل هر سفله کنی جای خویش

ور شودت دور کمر کوه سنگ
گرد میان منطقه دم پلنگ

به که دو رنگان منافق سیر
پیش تو بندند به خدمت کمر

گر کشدت شانه به سر پنجه شیر
کشمکش او کند از جانت سیر

به که حریفان کف راحت نهند
مرهم لطفت به جراحت نهند

گر کندت بحر پر آشوب غرق
یا گذرد موج هلاکت ز فرق

به که به کشتی رفیقان خاص
رخت خود آری به امید خلاص

در کنف پرتو خور کم نشین
تا نشود سایه تو را همنشین

راه ز گلگشت لب جو بتاب
تا نزند صورت تو سر ز آب

آینه را در نظر خود منه
تا نشود عکس تو را جلوه ده

اول فطرت که پدید آمدی
از همه کس فرد و وحید آمدی

عاقبت کار کز اینجا روی
از همه شک نیست که تنها روی

این همه اکنون گره و بند چیست
وین همه آمیزش و پیوند چیست

بگسل ازینان که زیان تواند
خصم دل و دشمن جان تواند

قدر تو کاهند که افزون شوند
عیب تو سنجند که موزون شوند

گر تو شوی پنبه همه آتشند
ور تو نهی سر همه گردن کشند

چون دلت از غصه پریشان شود
مایه جمعیت ایشان شود

ور شود اسباب حضور تو جمع
شعله زند عرق حسدشان چو شمع

چند درین ششدره بی گشاد
عمر دهی از دم اینان به باد

باد خزان است دم سردشان
سردی جان است ره آوردشان

ترسم از آن روز که سردت کنند
دل سپر ناوک دردت کنند

هر که نه مشغولی دینش ره است
غول ره توست خدا آگه است

پای وفا بر پی غولان مدار
روی به بیغوله تنهایی آر

ور نبود از دل سوداییت
طاقت بیغوله تنهاییت

خیز و قدم نه به ره رفتگان
روی سوی آرامگه رفتگان

یاد کن از عهد فراموششان
نکته شنو از لب خاموششان

پر شده شان بین ز غبار استخوان
کحل بصیرت کن ازان سرمه دان

منزلشان بین به ته سنگ تنگ
کوب سر افعی غفلت به سنگ

با نفس تنگ برآر از درون
زمزمه نحن بکم لا حقون

بو که دلت یابد از آن زندگی
روز حیات تو فروزندگی

English translation

O you whose collar, like a rose, is in the hands of the base, Withdraw the skirt of companionship from the unworthy. Though in the beginning they give you opening, In the end, they will cast you to the wind. Like a bud, close your lips from companions, Do not laugh foolishly, like a rose, in everyone's face. Do not display your lights like the sun, Be like a shadow behind your own wall. Against worthy and unworthy, at the sanctuary of obscurity, Lock the doors of exit and entry. Be a dweller of monasteries like those with the breath of Jesus, Empty the house of strangers. Even if your place is in the depths of a cave, And the coil of a snake has become your leg-chain, It is better than putting your foot in every circle, And making the gathering of every base person your place. And even if a mountain of stone becomes your waist-belt, And the tail of a leopard becomes the sash around your middle, It is better than two-faced, hypocritical people Girding their loins in service before you. Even if the claw of a lion combs your head, And its struggle makes you weary of your life, It is better than companions placing the hand of comfort on you, Or applying the ointment of kindness to your wound. Even if the turbulent sea drowns you, Or the wave of destruction passes over your head, It is better than bringing your belongings onto the ship of close companions In the hope of salvation. Sit less in the shelter of the sun's rays, Lest your shadow become your companion. Turn away from strolling along the riverbank, Lest your image reflect back from the water. Do not place the mirror before your eyes, Lest it give display to your reflection. At the beginning of creation when you came into existence, You came unique and solitary, separate from all. At the end of the matter when you depart from here, Without doubt, you will go alone, away from all. What is all this knotting and binding now? And what is all this mixing and bonding? Sever ties with these people, for they are your loss, They are the adversaries of your heart and the enemies of your soul. They diminish your worth so that they may increase, They weigh your faults so that they may appear balanced. If you become cotton, they are all fire, And if you bow your head, they will all draw themselves up in arrogance. When your heart becomes distressed with grief, It becomes the source of their composure. And if the means of your presence are gathered, The vein of their envy will flare up like a candle. How long in this narrow impasse without any opening Will you throw your life to the wind from their breath? Their cold breath is the autumn wind, Coldness of soul is their souvenir. I fear that day when they make you cold, And make your heart a shield for the arrow of pain. Anyone whose path is not the preoccupation of religion, Is a ghoul of your way, God knows! Do not set the foot of loyalty in the tracks of ghouls, Turn your face toward the wilderness of loneliness. And if, from your passionate heart, You do not have the endurance for the wilderness of loneliness, Arise and step onto the path of the departed ones, Turn your face toward the resting place of the departed. Remember their forgotten era, Hear the subtle lessons from their silent lips. See them filled with the dust of bones, Make the collyrium of insight from that makeup box. See their dwelling place beneath the narrow stone, And crush the head of the serpent of negligence against the stone. With a constricted breath, bring forth from within The whisper of 'We shall surely join you.' Perhaps your heart will find life from that, And the day of your life will find radiance.

Updated 2026-07-19

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